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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
goals. "At one point, Linda showed a videotape of Rudi in which he said, 'If you can't use your own personal style, you'll end up in a mental hospital.' I think that phrase resonated with us all because it's a big issue for many women,"... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that will reimagine health and other fields for decades more. Revenues at IBM have been in the red since 2012, yet analysts have pointed to Watson as the engine that can revitalize the company—as the potential through-line that will touch... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation
remain in place, and give them both an equitable financial payoff. She had a number of alternatives and wanted input from the group, which she received. Not all participants' issues are this monumental. Sometimes executives just need to air their concerns about... View Details
Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
garlic, and Borage Cresses like oysters. Sechuan buttons set your mouth tingling, and Tahoon Cress undoes the effect. It’s easy to imagine how they might be used in fine dining to dazzle and delight the palate. Rob Baan, Founder and CEO... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
movement of capital, but illegal movement is damaging to corporate interests, to our society, and, of course, to the countries of origin — because it's illegal money, it's almost never repatriated. What evidence do you have for your... View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
clusters covered in your research? A: One of the major trends in the world economy is the aging of populations, which will create the need for retirement living, health services, and no doubt many other goods and services. This may create... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France By: Pons, Vincent Abstract—This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual electoral outcomes, via a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
survivors, the future of e-commerce and other info tech industries seemed perilous. BusinessWeek.com recently ranked Amazon #6 in its annual list of most innovative companies; four of the other five are internet or computer businesses. In all its forms, info tech now... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then we'll discuss some of the challenges they pose. Brian, what about the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
efficient storage would get us a long way forward." Another potential plus: Consumers would have more control over their energy usage. Homeowners would be given in-home meters to monitor their energy use and even control how much... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
organization is involved, we charge. Advertising also brings in revenue." ALISON enables potential employers to immediately test the skill of certificate-holding ALISON graduates through 20-question "flash tests" that assess their... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
our women graduates experience nontraditional career paths. We want to find meaningful and perhaps novel ways to better serve these alumnae, as well as women executives and potential and current students." In addition to plans to expand... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
end of the tax form, after the form has been filled out and, consequently, after the potential cheating has occurred. (It's analogous to a witness first testifying in a court trial and then swearing on a Bible, "For the last twenty... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women's Day, the Women's Student Association set out to reclaim the word 'feminism'. They reached out to the HBS community to find out what the word means to its members. The result is a portrait project... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
pandemic has had many tragic consequences, one potential positive side effect is that it may lead to lasting improvements in these healthy hygiene behaviors. Leslie K. John (@lesliekjohn) is a Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organization and its employees. Podolny, Khurana, and Hill-Popper collaborated on an e-mail interview to explain their latest research for HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: As you wrote in your working paper, the past century saw a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Faculty & Advisors | MBA
processes that balance contextual and cultural relevance with the contemporary imperative to scale beyond a single instance, and to reach more people and urban places Tom Clay Visiting Lecturer of Business Administration MBA ’97, Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
Strategist’s Guide to Digital Change, about the choices they’ve made and the hopes they have for their growing businesses. Bharat Anand: First, can you give a brief description of your business? Snigdha Sur: The Juggernaut is a... View Details